Angelonia plant named &#39;cart depink&#39;

ABSTRACT

An Angelonia cultivar particularly distinguished by deep pink color flowers, compact habit and good basal branching.

GENUS AND SPECIES

[0001]Angelonia angustifolia

VARIETY DENOMINATION

[0002] ‘Cart Depink’

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

[0003] The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar ofAngelonia, botanically known as Angelonia angustifolia, and hereinafterreferred to by the cultivar name ‘Cart Depink’. The new cultivar isasexually reproduced from vegetative cuttings and tissue cultureresulting from the cross of the seed/pod parent 00-F18-2, a pinkproprietary line that is unnamed and unpatented×00-F20-3, a deep purpleproprietary line that is unnamed and unpatented.

[0004] ‘Cart Depink’ is a product of a planned breeding program intendedto create new angelonia plants with deep pink colored flowers, compacthabit, good basal branching and moderately vigorous growth.

[0005] The new cultivar was created in 2000 in Gilroy, Calif. and hasbeen asexually reproduced repeatedly by vegetative cuttings and tissueculture in Gilroy, Calif., Andijk, The Netherlands, and Guatemala over atwo-year period. The plant has also been trialed at Gilroy, Calif.Litchfield, Mich. and Andijk, The Netherlands. The present invention hasbeen found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successivepropagations; and this novelty is firmly fixed.

DESCRIPTION OF PHOTOGRAPH

[0006] This new Angelonia plant is illustrated by the accompanyingphotograph which shows blooms, buds, and foliage of the plant in fullcolor, the colors shown being as true as can be reasonably obtained byconventional photographic procedures. The photograph was taken in latesummer. The 4-5 month old plant was cut from stock plants in lateDecember, rooted and potted into a 4 inch pot and grown in a lexancovered green house until the end of April. They were then acclimatizedfor 2 weeks in a covered hoop and planted in the field for summer fieldtrials.

[0007] The Photograph shows the mature inflorescence.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

[0008] The following detailed descriptions set forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘Cart Depink’. The data, which defines thesecharacteristics, were collected from asexual reproductions carried outin Gilroy, Calif. The plant history was taken on 10 months old plantsgrown in one-gallon pots in fall/winter season, in a poly-coveredgreenhouse under 2-4 supplemental light and color readings were taken inthe greenhouse in the winter season under natural light. Plants had beencut back numerous times prior to data readings taken. All major branchesare cut back about 10-20 cm to keep them on-flowering and the plant frombecoming unruly. Color references are primarily to the RHS Colour Chartof The Royal Horticultural Society of London (RHS). Texture descriptiondetails were observed under a dissecting microscope according to The NewRoyal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening (1992).

THE PLANT

[0009] Classification:

[0010]Botanical.—Angelonia angustifolia.

[0011]Commercial.—Angelonia.

[0012] Form: Upright and erect.

[0013] Growth and branching habit: Good vigorous habit, well branched,pinching 1-2 times after transplant enhanced branching.

[0014] Height: From soil level to top of blooms: Approximately 40-55 cm.

[0015] Width: Approximately 30-50 cm including flowers.

[0016] Time to produce a finished flowering plant: 8-10 weeks for a 4-6inch pot.

[0017] Outdoor plant performance: Full sun, free-flowering through thesummer, some heat tolerance. Use in mixed container plantings or massplanting in a bed.

[0018] Time to initiate roots: Approximately 18-23 days at warmtemperatures.

[0019] Root description: Fibrous, free branching.

THE LEAVES

[0020] Arrangement: Opposite.

[0021] Length: 4.8-5.2 cm.

[0022] Width: 1.0-1.1 cm.

[0023] Leaf blade shape: Linear.

[0024] Leaf margin: Serrate.

[0025] Apex shape: Acute.

[0026] Base shape: Cuncate.

[0027] Mature leaf color: Upper side; RHS 147A (yellow-green);Underside, RHS 137B (green) with RHS 145C (yellow-green) mid-vein.

[0028] Juvenile leaf color: Upperside between RHS 143A & B; Underside,closest to RHS 144A, but greener.

[0029] Texture: Many short glandular hairs, few with a yellow-green hue,physically leaving a sticky residue.

[0030] Venation: Pinnate.

[0031] Venation color: RHS 145A (yellow-green).

THE STEM

[0032] Length: 40-50 cm from base of plant to tip of branch.

[0033] Diameter: 0.3-0.4 cm taken from the lower ⅓ of the stem.

[0034] Internodes length: 1.2-2.5 cm.

[0035] Branch aspect: 45-60 degree.

[0036] Color: RHS 143A (green).

[0037] Texture: Short glandular hairs, few with a yellow-green hue.

[0038] Stem anthocyanin: No.

[0039] Pedicel color: RHS 143A (green).

[0040] Pedicel length: 2.2-2.6 cm.

[0041] Pedicel diameter: 0.1 cm.

[0042] Pedicel texture: Many short glandular hairs, all withyellow-green hue.

[0043] Pedicel anthocyanin: Appearing irregularly.

[0044] Pedicel aspect: 45-60 degrees.

THE BUD

[0045] Shape: Orbicular.

[0046] Diameter: 0.5-0.7 cm.

[0047] Length: 0.5-0.9 cm.

[0048] Color at tight bud: RHS 144B (yellow-green) with a blush of RHS36A (red) as it matures.

THE FLOWER

[0049] Blooming habit: Continuous throughout the growing season. Goodfloriferousness.

[0050] Floret and inflorescence type: Single, 2 lipped (5-petaled, fusedat base) flowers, solitary or sometimes two in a leaf axis on a terminalraceme.

[0051] Flower color, upper side, upper lip/lower lateral petals: RHS 64D(red-purple) base color; Mid-petals: RHS# 64D (red-purple) base colorwith a spot of RHS 155B (white) and RHS 149B (yellow-green), basally.

[0052] Flower color, underside: RHS 63C (red-purple).

[0053] Corolla color inside: RHS 63C (red-purple) base color with spotsof RHS N79B (purple).

[0054] Florets per raceme: 24-32.

[0055] Floret diameter: 2.7-2.9 cm.

[0056] Petal size, upper lip, 1 petal, and length: 0.7-0.8 cm from thecorolla opening; width 1.0-1.1 cm.

[0057] Lower lip, lateral petal, and length: 0.9-1.0 cm from the corollaopening; width 1.1-1.2 cm.

[0058] Lower lip, mid-petal, length: 2.0-2.2 cm from ovary; width1.0-1.1 cm.

[0059] Petal base: Fused.

[0060] Petal margin: Entire.

[0061] Petal texture: Papillose and some short glandular hairs, manywith a yellow-green hue.

[0062] Petals base: Fused.

[0063] Petal margin: Entire.

[0064] Petal texture: Papillose, and some short glandular hairs, manywith a yellow-green hue.

[0065] Sepals: 5, fused at base.

[0066] Sepal color: RHS 141A (green).

[0067] Sepal length: 0.3-0.4 cm.

[0068] Sepal width: 0.1 cm.

[0069] Sepal shape: Ovate.

[0070] Sepal apex: Acute.

[0071] Sepal anthocyanin: No.

[0072] Sepal texture: Many short glandular hairs all with a yellow-green hue.

[0073] Lastingness of individual blooms: 6-9 days.

[0074] Fragrance: None.

THE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS

[0075] Stamens: 4, in pairs.

[0076] Filament color: RHS N155B (white).

[0077] Pollen color: RHS 160C (greyed-yellow).

[0078] Pollen amount: moderate.

[0079] Pistil: One.

[0080] Stigma color: RHS N155B (white).

[0081] Style color: RHS N155B (white).

[0082] Fruit seed set: Not observed.

DISEASE AND INSECT RESISTANCE

[0083] Not observed.

COMPARISON WITH KNOWN CULTIVARS

[0084] ‘Cart Depink’ differs from the female parent, 00-F18-2, in thefollowing ways: ‘Cart Depink’ has a fuller, more upright and freerbranching habit, larger flowers and is a deep pink colored flower and00-F18-2 has a pink flower.

[0085] ‘Cart Depink’ differs from the male parent, 00-F20-3 in thefollowing ways: ‘Cart Depink’ has a fuller, more upright and freerbranching habit, is more floriferous and has a deep pink colored flowerand 00-F20-3 has a deep purple flower.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct Angelonia plant as shown and describedherein.